01 February 2015

RWANDA : Espoir, APR face off in Heroes Day tourney

Reigning national basketball champions
Espoir and three-time Fiba Africa Zone V champions APR square off this
afternoon in the first semi-final of the national Heroes Day hoops
tourney at Cercle sportif court.
The inaugural national Heroes Day basketball tournament started on
January 23 and will reach the climax tomorrow with both men and women’s
finals as well as third place play-offs at Amahoro indoors stadium.
Espoir coach Jean Bahufite told Saturday Sport that his side is in good form and ready for APR’s challenge this afternoon.
In the other men’s semi-final clash, hosts and last season’s league
first runners-up Cercle Sportif de Kigali will be up against the winners
between UGB and IPRC- Kigali at 4p.m. UGB played IPRC-Kigali last
evening at NPC gymnasium but the game had not ended by press time.
The Heroes Day tourney is also serving as a warm-up for the teams ahead of the league start on February 7.
Espoir and Ubumwe are holders of last year’s preseason tournaments titles in the men and women’s categories, respectively.